>emacs

Does anyone know of an editor better than emacs? I'm also wondering how I can change the default encoding to utf-8, on emacs or anything else.

a) Anyone who likes UltraEdit really isn't worth listening to
b) Anyone who likes vim has my condolences. (It's not a bad editor, but lacks support for some key features)
c) Emacs is certainly one of the best editors out there. Even vim zealots agree.
d) PSPad looks like just another of the hundreds of freeware editors out there. I've seen enough of them.